Show STUDENT LIFE that wars still appear to be unavoidable in our day But the remedy surely cannot at present lie in abolishing our army Human nature in the individuals that make up a nation must be reformed before wars can cease No one will argue that rowdyism and crime can be suppressed by discharging all the policemen of our cities The only sensible course is to keep in good shape what army we need until the time comes when armies can really be dispensed with” Also this from the issue of December 1905 : “At this Christmas time we join with all good people in the hope that Peace on Earth may soon be an accomplished fact instead of an empty motto Universal Peace will reign just as soon as the fact of Universal Brotherhood is recognized by us in our everyday life broadminded people must admit that as long as there are wrongs to be righted war will be a probabilty for a nation like ours and that reasonable preparation is a national duty” Requesting the reader to bear the above in mind we desire to register emphatically our unqualified disapproval of some of the sentiments in a leaflet recently distributed to students which possibly may be read by a number of them The author is Katrina Trask of Trayaddo Tuxedo Park and the title is “Rise Rise!” almighty Anglo-Saxon- s though a better title would have been “Lie down Anglo-Saxonand allow all the other races to walk over you !” The burden of her song includes oft-repeat- ed s! 189 breaking swords disbanding armies and destroying arms She addresses the Anglo-Saxon- s imploring them to do all this Her muse does not make plain how Spain could have been compelled to take her hands from the throat of Cuba with broken swords or the Union preserved during the dark days forty years ago As an appeal to man’s better nature it commands our respect but as a practical working rule for bringing about peace her poem is the rankest kind of nonsense The author is evidently of the great throng of people with good intentions who insist on putting the cart before the horse General observance of the golden rule must come before disarmament In the choice between the “citizen of the world” and the man whose motto is “My country right or wrong!” we respectfullv cast our vote for the latter at this stage of our country’s existence |